As expected, on Saturday night, Phil, Craig, Gordon, Mike J. and I were at the field. It seemed pretty clear but maybe due to a 5 - 10 mph breeze, the seeing...
nice report souynds like you all had a nice weekend too. I was at the Furtman Farm a little west of Spooner WI this is a link to a blog by one of the guys from...
Space Weather News for Aug 31, 2008 http://spaceweather.com Sky watchers across the USA and Europe are reporting unusually colorful sunsets and sunrises. The...
Is someone willing to lend me an illuminated reticle eyepiece for an evening to train the PEC of my LX? I'll be at the meeting Wednesday and am willing to...
I saw the ISS fly by last night with hand held 10x42 binocs and it was very impressive. Look for it again at about 7:50p tonight coming from the WSW. Also,...
We are planning to have observing at the club site (Coulee Region Modeler's Flying Field) this Friday, with Saturday as a cloud date. You can check the Yahoo...
At 5:30pm there is a fair amount of water vapor in the air, but the sky is fairly clear. Although there is a thicker cloud band heading our way from the west,...
When I arrived at the field, Phil was already set up with his 12 inch truss scope on his equatorial platform. I set up the 12 inch GSO dob with a couple new...
We're planning to observe at the Coulee Region Modelers field this Friday, with a possible cloud date of Saturday. There may be a couple private guests so we...
We are planning to do observing for a few members of an UWL Astronomy Class on Wednesday, October 8 at the Coulee Region Modelers field. The plan is to start...
I arrived late because the Primary Astro-Equipment Hauler (otherwise known as a 92 Dodge Caravan) decided to drop a battery cell. I managed to fit everything...
A reminder that if weather permits, we will be hosting about a dozen UWL students tomorrow night. As of now, we have 2 scopes! Please call or email if you...
As of 5:15 pm Wednesday, it looks like a GO. I'm planning on getting there at about 6:45 pm to set up the SCT. We should have 4 scopes now, which should be...
Has anyone got back to us concerning public viewing either for the West Salem people or KVR? I think that we would have to give KVR notice pretty quick if we...
This is the letter from Darcy Goodenough concerning observing in Sparta. Please post here if you are able to help out. Thanks I am just writing, to let you...
I'm in. Mike R. ... From: StarGazer <star_gazer_20022002@...> Subject: [laxastro] West Salem observing night October 27th To: laxastro@yahoogroups.com ...
OCTOBER 2008 "I could be worse employed Than as watcher of the void, Whose part should be to tell What star if any fell" Robert Frost, American Poet Cosmic...
Tonight (Wed, Oct 15) at 9:00pm on the National Geographic Channel on the show 'World's Toughest Jobs' they're featuring the cleaning of a 27 foot telescope...
As you may know, we hosted some UWL students who are in John B's wife's astronomy related class. Mike J. had his Celestron NexStar 5, I had my Celestron...
Maybe you might like to check out 100 Hours of Astronomy, a global corner stone project of IYA2009, which would have sidewalk astronomers, amateur astronomers,...
The Moon is at 80 percent and rises at about 8:48pm. Lots of water vapor on the radar. So I'm not too keen about going to the club site. Anyone else thinking...
John is going to see if any of the UWL students want to observe on Monday night. The go/no-go would be posted at the last minute. Would please you email me...
On Monday Oct 20th Frank Wilczek, 2004 Nobel Prize winner in physics, will present a public lecture called "The Universe is a Strange Place". It will be held...
I am happy to let you know that I have been able to get Dave Oesper to come to our clubs April 1st meeting.Dave comes from Dodgeville by way of Ames Iowa. Dave...
Dave is the owner of a unique "drop roof" observatory in his back yard. He conceived the idea while still in Ames and had it built. When he moved to...
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